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A lively circle of dancers in the Georgian capital commemorates an ancient rite of spring.

A beautiful but deteriorating monument of Soviet architecture.

Tower with a double-helix spiral, adorned with letters of the Georgian alphabet.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

Hidden up a dusty track off the Georgian Military Road is this fascinating waterfall with mountainous views.

With over 10,000 lights, this engineering marvel lights up the city after dark.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

This extraordinary, multi-pillared monument depicts the fascinating history of Georgia.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

This extensive collection of vintage Soviet cars is the only one of its kind in the Caucasus.

This architecturally eclectic fortress witnessed centuries of bloody turmoil, including the massacre of its ruling clan.

The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.

A cylinder monument with a spectacular vista commemorates a friendship that some say never existed.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.